I’m not about to give you a character reference for Aleksandar Tonev, he may be prone to racist outburst, for all I know. Society, and therefore football, still has a racism problem, just read how coolly Luis Suarez played addressing an opponent as “negro”. The game has to react firmly when presented with racist banners, which regularly appear in Eastern Europe.
On the balance of probabilities, would a born-and-bred Scottish international be judged to have made a racist remark during a game against an opponent he doesn’t share a common tongue with?
If Kenny Miller was similarly accused and claimed to be misquoted, how would you feel? Scottish footballers just don’t have a history of this kind of remark; I’d be inclined to believe Miller. So, I expect, would Scottish football.
Tonev comes from one of those Eastern European countries. Scottish football acknowledged it had no evidence to act on but found him guilty.
Based in just as little evidence, could you please decide if Scottish football is guilty of racist generalisation in its handling of this matter? I know you don’t have enough evidence to come to a proper decision, but that’s the point.
Maybe if Aleks was at Ibrox on Tuesday making flute band gestures to TV cameras at halftime, the like of which Scottish Government minster Roseanna Cunningham once insisted was unacceptable and illegal, we’d all realise he didn’t mean any harm. Or was it just the Sign of the Cross, Ms Cunningham?
But Tonev’s not “one of us”, so who cares?
The auction for two debenture hospitality seats, which started our bid to build a fourth school kitchen in Malawi for Mary’s Meals ended a few minutes ago. Thanks to everyone who bid, the winner paid £295, a fantastic gesture. Thanks also to Celtic sponsor, Magners, for pulling things together for us and making it happen.
We have a couple of slightly less-illustrious premium seats for tomorrow in the Jock Stein stand from Magners, which you can win by answering the following question:
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Long shot but anyone know of any buses going from Bucharest to Astra. Need 3 seats.:-)
lennon’s passion
12:48 on 31 October, 2014
Long shot but anyone know of any buses going from Bucharest to Astra. Need 3 seats.
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FFS man, you need to lose some weight……
What happened to the johan Sverdrup oilfield money?
melbourne mick
12:53 on 31 October, 2014
Thanks for the reply but need 3 mate. Cheers anyway
Stringer Bell
Very sharp!
bhoylo83,
Enjoy mate, I’m sure it will be the first of a few.
looking forward to the game tomorrow, we’re beginning to gel and look more confident, while our forwards are scoring.
All good and to top it off… A Saturday 3.00 kick off.
Obviously our Sunday kick offs are due mostly to our European exploits, but it’s time the board put the fan first re: normal service, after all we get buttons from tv and it is driving fans away.
I want my Saturday’s back.
stringer bell
19:20 on 31 October, 2014
:-)
Johan Sverdrup was just another John Park signing and further evidence of bored downsizing…
lennon’s passion
Have you got a log in for the GB website mate?
notthebus
19:05 on
31 October, 2014
Superscoreboard @ClydeSSB 4m4 minutes ago
We really would appreciate it if callers to @ClydeSSB showed some restraint and kept racial, religious or other prejudices to themselves.
Panellists are, of course, exempt.
Johan Sverdrup never turned out to be the diamond geyser we were promised when we bought him off Harry Redknapp.
Just had six guysers at the door; without an accompanying grown up.
I’m takin’ that to be a sign that some things in Shangri La haven’t changed over the past 50 years.
Evening Timdom
Are pages 2-7 worth reading back?!!?
Someone want to post a wee highlights package!
HH jamesgang
lennon’s passion
Burgas Bhoy posted this afternoon about buses leaving Bucharest to go Astra’s home town (Giurgiu, possibly, not called Astra anyway)
I think they were local scheduled buses, the Romanian Corpy bus.
jamesgang
19:35 on 31 October, 2014
CRC’s team won and 5s and he did not gloat :-)
HH
CRC
Dont know why i listen to Clyde ss
what a load of sh@te, ifs and butts that we will play the Huns.
Never want to play that shower ot sh@te again.
UTUBEONFRIDAYTUNESCFC.
and= at
blantyretim is praying for the knox family
18:37 on 31 October, 2014
Weeman67
Ashley was at a party with Whyte in 2013, no smoke without fire..see suzie mcguire ourt ase this week.
Yeh.v true BT, Ashley has been in with Whyte and partner Green since the heady days of 2011.
As you point out both Ashley/Whyte were at a function together when Suzi was assaulted by her ex-hunband
It was also interesting to note on TSFM that Ashley had registered rangers retail before Charles of Normandy was about!
Wondering what to call them?
I go for CHEATS.
:-)
HH
Bucharest derby on now. 1-0 Steau.
AT
you not joining the party in BV, oldtim richie and PF..
dharma bam \o/ stands up for neil lennon
19:35 on 31 October, 2014
Yeah mate seen it. Celtic saying no public transport after game.
Hamiltontim
19:28 on 31 October, 2014
No mate
DBBA
Spent it on Bangura.
But as long as Ronny’s here there’s plenty more where that came from. God bless Norway!
On the QT, and very hush-hush, we’re buying a toxic land site on the south side of Glasgow to establish a regasification plant and gas storage facilities.
The negotiations for purchase, from a Mr Whyte, are ongoing and are believed to be in the region of £1 ($0.81).
The plan is to paint one of the gasometers blue and the other one green, then charge disorientated and bewildered Huns £25 a pop on a Saturday to go in, cluster round the blue one and shout bigoted filth at the green one.
It’s a winner.
Celticrollercoaster – I’m up for the game tomorrow in the motor and can bring the picture but don’t want to hump it around once I’ve parked up.
Shall we leave it till the New Year as you mentioned or do you fancy humping it around tomorrow?
kevjungle – murdo macleod’s title winning boots 4-2 legend @ 14:42 on 31 October, 2014
“I called Bobo a big useless black bassa”
That just makes you the racist that you are.
I don’t know if it’s been mentioned as I’m too lazy to read back
Red.. Tonev racism
The Sfa have banned Tonev on the say so of another player, admittedly the have done it with no evidence.
Kris “monster munch” Boyd headbutt an opposing player, it’s caught by tv cameras and he is found not proven.
James Gang
He said that
Him over there disagreed
He is quiet cos Hugh is on radio
He forgot his lottery ticket
Him there has not got his predoctive toxt aff
But its all bout Celtic, so be content its just the same patter since neil mc callum scored.
Always changin, never still.
On the go since 1888
:-):-)
HH
Tonev isn’t exactly a great player and doesn’t seem very interested so can’t see why he would make a racist comment to that wee greeting faced pie who plays for the sheep shaggers
Until the sfa indicate real evidence against him … I back our player
How about that fat bassa alistairs logic about 3 of the top teams in the country playing in the 2nd tier
lennon’s passion
I know it was being discussed on there so I’ve just had a look for you.
It seems that buses are leaving from the cathedral. Also the Blantyre CSC have put on another bus today so they might have spare seats going from Bucharest.
CRC
Most humbly put Sir.
:-)
HH jamesgang
tbj
Hope you are bag to your best. Pity you missed a great game Wednesday.
Oh dear.
Lafferty getting a game for Norwich..
McCoist: “Scottish football has been anything but a normal playing field.”
You don’t say Ally.
Butsybhoy@19:37
Posted earlier today by Southside
Shamelessly re-posted from TSFM.
“The only way Celtic can meet rangers is through a seance”
Feel free to use liberally in the workplace.
Whos idea was it to have the Belfast do on Valentines Day?
Talk about makin life difficult for ourselves
CRC
never mind gloating , you just..
burnt oot …
4 strippers n 4 weeks
start bragging lol
;)))))))
hamiltontim
19:47 on 31 October, 2014
Cheers mate just sent a tweet to the Blantyre buoys. Thanks
tomtheleedstim
19:44 on 31 October, 2014
Not going to make game tomorrow, so New Year would be great if ok for you?
HH
CRC
sipsini @ 19.23 hrs.
“Obviously our Sunday kick offs are due mostly to our European exploits, but it’s time the board put the fan first re: normal service, after all we get buttons from tv and it is driving fans away”
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You make a very valid point there. I believe out ticket sales are > 10 times the revenue we receive from domestic football TV.
I am unsure of the exact figure now, but a few years ago we were the 10th highest match day revenue for any major world club or to put it another way only 9 clubs in the world contributed more to their club than our supporters for its revenue.
Is this not a mandate to put the fans who contribute such figures first and not let the tail that is domestic football wag the dog.?
Football on TV is killing our game and for little gain. We need radical change. Personally I think we should consider options like going back in time so that no game could be televised unless it was a sell out.
We are not gaining from the existing deals.
( Unless of course we change leagues )
HH.